2015 VATE Conference

Virginia English Language Arts Supervisors Meeting 9:00am - 11:50am

Conference Welcome and Opening YA Author Gigi Amateau 12:00pm - 12:50pm

Poetry Society of Virigina Program 4:00pm - 5:00pm

An Assessment of Composition Approaches We Have Known... 11:00am - 11:50am

My Kids are Done…Now What? 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Teacher Preparation 101: Basics and Best Practices fo... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Do You Want to Build a Snowman (With Your Librarian?) 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Writing to Build Resilience: Four Case Studies 11:00am - 11:50am

Pictures from the Past: Pulitzer Prize Photographs as... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Can We Talk about Urban Street Fiction for Youth? 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Rethinking the 'Basic Rules' of Academic Writing 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Literacy 11:00am - 11:50am

Back to the Real Basics--Authentic Learning in Englis... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Student Selected Reading Assessment: Life After a Rea... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Throwing a Wrench at Mechanics - Bringing the Basics... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

VATE's Welcome to First-Time Conference Attendees and... 11:00am - 11:50am

Conference Registration (Mandatory) (Friday) 9:00am - 4:00pm

Book Store (Friday) 11:00am - 5:00pm

Vendor Musical Tables Trivia 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Examining Strategies and Patterns for Essay Developme... 11:00am - 11:50am

Teaching English 101: Using Mentor Texts to Guide Rea... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Digital Literacy 101: Using Holocaust Survivor Video... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Engaging the Apathetic Student 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Off-site Dinners with Preservice Teachers 5:00pm - 7:15pm

Off-site Tour of the Virigina Mu... 7:30pm - 8:00pm

Reinvigorating the Bunny: The Basic Skills of Writing... 11:00am - 11:50am

Using August Wilson's Plays to Develop Literacy 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Image and Imagination: Using House on Mango Street an... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Young Adult Lit in the Class 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Continental Breakfast 8:00am - 8:30am

Book and School Su...

Tracy Robertson's English SOL Insights 9:00am - 9:50am

Buffet Lunch 12:00pm - 1:50pm

Award-Winning Author Kathy Erskine 12:45pm - 1:50pm

Hors D'oeuvres and Open Bar Reception 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Interactive Program 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Managing the Grading Load: Assessing for Mastery 10:00am - 10:50am

Literacy Explosion 101: Reinvigorating Students’ Enth... 11:00am - 11:50am

Edcamp 101: Everything You Need to Know to about Atte... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Conference Focus Group and Recruitment 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Reverse Engineering our Language: Discovering Meaning... 10:00am - 10:50am

Word Wisdom: Vocabulary Teaching Strategies 11:00am - 11:50am

'Teach Like T.V.' Finding new paths to reach your stu... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Multi-Cultural YAL and Teaching for Social Justice (M... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

VCEE Meeting 4:00pm - 4:50pm

College Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-up 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Narrative as Foundation: Remove Narrative Bricks and... 10:00am - 10:50am

More than a Ham and Cheese Sandwich: Cooking a 3 Cour... 11:00am - 11:50am

Paper? Paper? We don't need no stinkin paper! 2:00pm - 2:50pm

The Mash Up of Books 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Middle Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-up 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Conference Registration (Mandatory) (Saturday) 7:30am - 3:00pm

Book Store (Saturday) 8:00am - 5:00pm

Use Your Voice: Oral Communication Skills for Middle... 10:00am - 10:50am

Electronic Portfolios: Transparent Reflective Practic... 11:00am - 11:50am

Build Literacy Skills with Primary Sources from The L... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Joint Operations and Joint Forces: The Benefits and B... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Elementary Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-up 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Reading Multimedia Texts: Strategies for Integrating... 10:00am - 10:50am

Teaching Common Novels in Uncommon Ways 11:00am - 11:50am

Tone vs. Mood- It's NOT So Basic 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Real World Readers: Twelfth Grade Readers Collaborate... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

High Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-up 4:00pm - 4:50pm

VATE Board Meeting 8:00am - 10:00am

Buffet Brunch 10:00am - 10:30am

Author and Speaker Charlotte Matthews 10:30am - 11:30am